This module is one of several designed for the Camden Teacher Corps project. The general objectives of the module are a) to develop or increase the student's awareness of selected, abiding issues related to education facing New Jersey and the nation; b) to develop the student's thinking and analysis as they relate to the issues; and c) to provide…

This module cluster is one of several developed for the Camden Teacher Corps project. The general objectives are to enable students to a) define basic operant terms, b) state basic operant principles, c) read operant measurement charts, and d) use operant principles and measurement in elementary classrooms with both social and academic behaviors.…

This paper reviews actions taken by selected states as they move to implement competency-based teacher education and certification systems (CBTE-CBC). Following a brief discussion of the role of the state in developing CBTE-CBC, three major issues are presented: a) the type of consortium procedures used, b) the manner in which competencies are to…

The Student Teaching Modules included in this course syllabus, which is part of the competency-based secondary education program developed at the University of Toledo's College of Education, deal with the following topics: a) instructional design, b) lecture-recitation and guided discussion instructional strategies, c) inquiry teaching, d)…

This document advocates a change in the structure of teacher education while considering the much-discussed view that schools of education may lose the function of educating teachers. Literature treating the failure of universities in educating teachers is reviewed. It is stated that many educators desire total movement of teacher education to a…

The old campus school was the progenitor of the contemporary teacher center. It died due to excessive costs, its "artificial setting," and problems with control. The question is, Is the teacher center immune to the problems that beset its progenitor? A general consideration of teacher centers as a change vehicle leads one to speculate that because…

To identify the performance-based professional education needs of secondary level occupational teachers in New York State, an instrument composed of 365 performance behaviors organized into 57 clusters was mailed to 677 teachers representing six vocational education service areas and to 70 occupational supervisors. Usable returns from 515 teachers…

The Modular Multiple Alternatives Program (ModMaP), being developed at the University of Bridgeport, is the first competency-based, individualized graduate program in teacher education in the state of Connecticut. The program focuses on elementary teacher training and includes both master's and six-year level options. The program provides the…

The Experimental Teacher Education Program (ETEP) was a cooperative effort between the University of Northern Colorado and the Denver Public Schools. The program modified three major areas of teacher education: a) general education, b) student teaching experiences, and c) methods courses. The general education course requirements emphasized an…

This innovative, individualized program at Madonna College is based on a systems approach to learning. The primary objective of this program is providing the students with specific competency goals and helping them to acquire these goals. The most important component of the program is a selected list of critical competencies based upon a model of…

This volume presents annotations of resources on performance-based teacher education. The materials, produced after 1967, include films, slide/tapes, modules, programmed texts, and multimedia kits for training pre- and in-service educational personnel. The materials are indexed according to both competency categories and key words, descriptions,…

Clark College, in cooperation with Academy Theatre and the Atlanta Public School System, developed a competency-based teacher education program for students interested in the performing arts as well as other disciplines. The program identifies desirable performance standards for teachers, evaluates the trainees' achievement of these performance…

This document is a learning module developed for graduate level students in the field of teaching learning disabled children. The module consists of a pre-assessment, three element/activity groups, and a post-assessment. The terminal goal is the ability, given appropriate assessment data, to identify a child's modality strengths and weaknesses,…

This paper focuses on the development and/or improvement of instruments that can be used to measure the competence of preservice teacher education students. A number of questions need to be considered before making decisions concerning the development and improvement of such instruments: (1) At what level of specificity are the competencies to be…

In this packet of materials, the outline for State University College at Brockport's certification program for secondary school mathematics teachers is given. First, an overview of the program is presented, then specific skills, knowledges, and attitudes are identified and assessment procedures, conditions, and standards are listed. Information…